Image |
Species |
Weight (lb oz) |
Captor |
Date |
Water |
Location |
Time record held |
References |
 | Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) | 8 lb 4 oz | F Nicholson | 1992 | Loch Arkaig, Inverness | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 3 years | [17][90] |
4 lb 13 oz | P Savage | 1987 | Loch Garry | Perthshire, Scotland | 5 years | [51] |
3 lb 5 oz | A Robertson | 1985 | Loch Earn | Perthshire, Scotland | 2 years | [91] |
3 lb 4 oz | S.C Rex | 1982 | Loch Dubh Lochan, Inverness | Inverness-shire, Scotland | 3 years | [55] |
1 lb 12 oz 4 dr | C Imperiale | 1974 | Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 8 years | [92] |
1 lb 11 oz | B.A Richardson | 1973 | Lake Windermere, Kendal | Cumbria | 1 year | [93] |
1 lb 3 oz | P Elwood | 1972 | Loch Insh, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 1 year | [94] |
1 lb 1 oz 4 dr | J.K Hargreaves | 1971 | Carn Tarsuinn, Cairngorms | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 1 year | [95] |
 | Barbel (Barbus barbus) | 21 lb 2 oz | Colin Smithson | 7 November 2019 | River Rother, Fittleworth | West Sussex | 5 years | [2][96][34] |
21 lb 1 oz | Grahame King | 22 April 2006 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 13 years | [3] |
21 lb | Grahame King | 9 November 2005 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | [3][57] |
20 lb 14 oz 8 dr | Grahame King | 22 October 2005 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 18 days | [3][57] |
20 lb 6 oz | Tony Gibson | October 2004 | Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | 1 year | [97][98] |
19 lb 6 oz 8 dr | Steve Curtin | 27 October 2001 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 3 years | [38][67][99] |
19 lb | Tony Gibson | 4 January 2001 | Upper Great Ouse, Kickles Farm, Newport Pagnell | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | [67][97][98][100] |
17 lb 13 oz 14 dr | Stuart Morgan | 20 December 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 15 days | [67][97] |
17 lb 8 oz 15 dr | Stuart Morgan | 11 December 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 9 days | [67][97] |
17 lb 6 oz 12 dr | Guy Robb | October 2000 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | Less than 1 year | [101][102] |
17 lb 4 oz | Ray Walton | 3 March 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 1 year | [103][104][105] |
17 lb 1 oz | Kevin Newton | 5 February 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 26 days | [105] |
16 lb 11 oz | Martin Bowler | 21 January 1999 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 15 days | [106][105] |
16 lb 10 oz | David Currell | 3 November 1998 | Great Ouse, Adam's Mill, Gayhurst | Buckinghamshire | 3 months | [105] |
16 lb 6 oz | Steve Keer | August 1998 | River Wensum, Taverham Mills Fishery, Taverham | Norfolk | 3 months | [97][107] |
16 lb 3 oz | Howard Maddox | November 1997 | Lower river, River Severn, Worcester | Worcestershire | Less than 1 year | [97][108] |
16 lb 2 oz | Peter Woodhouse | June 1994 | River Medway | Kent | 3 years | [97][109][110] |
13 lb 12 oz (Why was this a record?) | Joe Day | October 1962 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 32 years | [95][111] |
14 lb 6 oz *(equalled) | Mr F.W.K Wallis | 1937 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 25 years | [62][112][113] Note 2 * |
14 lb 6 oz *(equalled) | Aylmer Tryon | 13 September 1934 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 60 years | [62][113][114][68] Note 2 * |
14 lb 6 oz * | Mr T Wheeler | 1888 | River Thames, Molesey Lock | Surrey | 46 years | [62][113][115] Note 2 * |
 | Bleak (Alburnus alburnus) | 4 oz | B Derrington | 8 October 1982 | River Monnow, Monmouth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 16 years | [67][91][68] |
3 oz 15.5 dr | D Pollard | 1971 | Staythorpe Pond, Newark-on-Trent | Nottinghamshire | 11 years | [95] |
3 oz 8 dr | N D Sizmur | 1963 | River Thames, Walton-on-Thames | Surrey | 8 years | [62][63] |
3 oz 4 dr | J Oliver | 1958 | River Thames, Kingston upon Thames | London | 5 years | [113] |
 | Bream (common or bronze) (Abramis brama) | 20 lb 1 oz | Simon Lavin | 2011 | Stoneacres Lake | Oxfordshire | 1 year | [116][16] |
22 lb 9 oz | Mark McKenna | 11 Sept 2009 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes | Cambridgeshire | 3 years | [117] * Note 8 |
19 lb 10 oz | James Rust | 2005 | Ferry Lagoon, Fen Drayton Lakes | Cambridgeshire | 4 years | [35][118] |
18 lb 15 oz 3 dr | Mark Neal | 1 May 2004 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | 1 year | [15][67] |
18 lb 15 oz | Tom Huntley | July 2001 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | 3 years | [38][17]
[119] |
18 lb 8 oz | Kerry Walker | 13 May 2001 | Bawburgh Lakes, Norwich | Norfolk | Less than 1 year | [67][119][100] |
16 lb 12 oz | Martin Whitmore | 2000 | Swithland Reservoir | Leicestershire | 1 year | [67] |
16 lb 10 oz | Lee McManus | 1999 | Swithland Reservoir | Leicestershire | 1 year | [120] |
15 lb 10 oz | J Knowles | 1985 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | 14 years | [68] |
15 lb 6 oz | Alastair Nicholson | 31 August 1984 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | 1 year | [121] * Note 8 |
13 lb 14 oz | Alastair Nicholson | 10 August 1984 | Queensford Lagoon, Dorchester on Thames | Oxfordshire | Less than 1 year | [121] * Note 8 |
13 lb 9 oz | Michael Davidson | July 1982 | Beeston Hall Lake, near Neatishead | Norfolk | 2 years | [67] |
13 lb 8 oz | E.G.Costin | October 1945 | Castle Lakes, Chiddingstone | Kent | 37 years | [62][122] |
12 lb 14 oz | Mr. C.J Pugh | 28 July 1933 | Tring Reservoirs, Tring | Hertfordshire | 12 years | [115] |
12 lb 12 oz 8 dr | Mr. A.J Fisher | 30 July 1931 | Startops End Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs, Tring | Hertfordshire | 2 years | [115][122] |
11 lb 12 oz | Mr. A Pike | July 1882 | River Blackwater | County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 49 years | [115] |
 | Bream (silver) (Blicca bjoerkna) | 3 lb 1 oz | Matthew Faulkner | 12 May 2012 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury, near Pulborough | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | [123] |
2 lb 15 oz | Gary Barnett | 9 October 2011 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | [4] |
2 lb 14 oz | Phil Morton | 8 May 2009 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 2 years | [124] |
2 lb 11 oz | Doug Plant | 2009 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | Less than 1 year | [124] |
2 lb 8 oz | James Waters | December 2008 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 1 year | [125] * Note 8 |
2 lb 2 oz | Christine Smith | 2005 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 3 years | [35] |
1 lb 12 oz | Michael Davidson | 26 April 2003 | Mill Farm Fishery, Bury | West Sussex | 2 years | [15][67] |
15 oz | Dennis Flack | 1998 | Grime Spring, Lakenheath | Suffolk | 5 years | [49][67][100][17][110] |
 | Bullhead (millers thumb) (Cottus gobio) | 12 dr | E Whalley | 1981 | Tanyard Beck / Daking Brook / Cawthorne Dike, Cawthorne | South Yorkshire | 2 years | [126] |
10 dr | E Harrison | 1978 | Leeds and Liverpool Canal | North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Merseyside | 3 years | [111] |
 | Burbot (Lota lota) in UK only - see Note 3. | 15 oz | Peter Davis | 1960 | Little Ouse, Lakenheath | Suffolk | 9 years | [127] * Note 8 |
 | Carp (Cyprinus carpio) | 71 lb 4 oz | Robby Harrison | 23 October 2016 | The Avenue, RH Fisheries | Shropshire | 4 years | [128]
[129]* Note 8 [130] |
69 lb 13 oz | Tom Doherty | 26 Sept 2016 | The Avenue, RH Fisheries | Shropshire | Less than 1 month | [131] * Note 8 [130] |
68 lb 1 oz | Dean Fletcher | 13 January 2016 | Cranwells Lake, Wasing estate, Wasing | Berkshire | Less than 1 year | [132][133] |
67 lb 8 oz | Austin Holness | August 2008 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 8 years | [3][134] |
67 lb | John Bird | 13 April 2008 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | less than 1 year | [3][135] |
65 lb 14 oz | Simon Bater | 23 October 2005 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 3 years | [3][57][136] |
65 lb 8 oz | Dan Marwick | Sept 2005 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | [3] |
64 lb 5 oz | Jonathan Pack | 21 February 2004 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 1 year | [15][67][136] |
61 lb 7 oz | Lee Jackson | 29 August 2002 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | 2 years | [67][17][137] |
61 lb | Gary Bayes | 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | [38][136] |
59 lb 12 oz | Mark Toland | 5 Sept 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | [38][67] |
59 lb 7 oz | Terry Glebioska | 2 April 2001 | Conningbrook Lake, Willesborough | Kent | Less than 1 year | [67][100] |
56 lb 6 oz | Kevin Cummins | Sept 1998 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 3 years | [54][67][103] |
55 lb 13 oz | Terry Hearn | November 1996 | Wraysbury | Berkshire | 2 years | [138] |
55 lb 4 oz | Alex White | June 1995 | Mid-Northants Fishery | Northamptonshire | 1 year | [139][140][110] |
53 lb 15 oz | Roddy Porter | June 1995 | Mid-Northants Fishery | Northamptonshire | 3 weeks | [139][140] * Note 8 |
51 lb 8 oz | Chris Yates | 16 June 1980 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 16 Years | [51][138][68] * Note 8 |
44 lb | Richard Walker | 13 Sept 1952 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 28 Years | [62][113][138][63] |
31 lb 8 oz | Bob Richards | 3 October 1951 | Redmire pool | Herefordshire | 1 Year | [67] |
26 lb | Albert Buckley | 24 July 1930 | Mapperley Lake, Shipley Hall, near Mapperley | border of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 4 Years | [115][141] |
21 lb 10 oz | Mr A.E.Wyatt | 14 August 1926 | Chingford Lake, Chingford | Essex | 4 years | [115] |
20 lb 3 oz | John Andrews | 9 September 1916 | Cheshunt reservoir | Hertfordshire | 10 years | [115][138] |
19 lb 8 oz | Mr H.S Locksmith | 1907 | Wey Navigation Canal, Weybridge | Surrey | 9 years | [115] |
17 lb 8 oz | Otto Overbeck | 26 September 1902 | Croxby Pond | Lincolnshire | 5 years | [138] |
23 lb | George Holden | 1899 | Broadwater Lake, Godalming | Surrey | 31 years | [142] Note - Under further investigation |
 | Carp, common (Cyprinus carpio {communia}) | 64 lb | Martin Hopkins | 2005 | Bluebells Lake, Tansor, near Oundle | Northamptonshire | 13 years | [143] * Note 8 |
Mike O'Neill * (equalled) | 13 October 2017 | The Avenue, RH Fisheries | Shropshire | 1 year | [144] * Note 8 |
 | Chub (Squalius cephalus) | 8 lb 14 oz | Gareth Spurgeon | 15 October 2009 | River Lea Relief Channel, Fishers Green | Hertfordshire | 3 years | [145] * Note 8 |
8 lb 13 oz | Tim Archer | 11 March 2003 | Dobbs Weir Fishery, River Lea, Broxbourne | Hertfordshire | 6 years | [67] |
8 lb 10 oz | Peter Smith | 1994 | River Tees, Blackwell | Co.Durham | 9 years | [54][67][100][17][110] |
8 lb 8 oz | D Deeks | 1951 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 43 years | [113] |
8 lb 4 oz | Mr G.F. Smith | December 1913 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 38 years | [51][115][146] * Note 8 |
7 lb 6 oz 8 dr | Mr F.W. Smith | October 1906 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 7 years | [115] |
7 lb 5 oz | Mr E.J Walker | 17 August 1904 | Royalty Fishery, Hampshire Avon, Christchurch | Dorset | 2 years | [115] |
7 lb 2 oz | Mr F.W.K Wallis | 1903 | River Trent, Shardlow | Derbyshire | 1 year | [115] |
7 lb 1 oz | Stanley Mead | Sept 1897 | River Thames, Wargrave | Berkshire | 6 years | [115] |
 | Carp, leather (Cyprinus carpio {corium}) | 54 lb 8 oz | Steve Fudge | 2006 | Car Park Lake, Yateley Complex, Yateley | Surrey | 16 years | [7][8] * Note 8 |
 | Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) | 4 lb 12 oz | Julian Barnes | 3 May 2021 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 3 years & 5 months | [2][147][148][149] |
4 lb 11 oz | Craig Smithson | 3 August 2020 | Milton Abbas Fishery, Milton Abbas | Dorset | 10 months | [150][151] |
4 lb 10 oz | Michael James | 4 May 2015 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 5 years | [152] |
4 lb 10 oz | Stephen Frapwell | 10 May 2015 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 5 years | [153][152] |
4 lb 9 oz | Peter Cardozo | 2 May 2015 | Johnsons Lake, Milford, Godalming | Surrey | 2 days | [154] |
4 lb 9 oz | Joshua Blavins | 17 August 2011 | Moor Mill Gravel Pits, Frogmore | Hertfordshire | 4 years | [155][156] |
4 lb 9 oz | Philip Smith | 7 August 2004 | RMC Summer pit, Yateley | Surrey | 7 years | [15][4] |
4 lb 9 oz | Martin Bowler | 16 May 2003 | Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley | Surrey | 8 years | [15][116][157][158] |
4 lb 8 oz | Jay Allen | 2000 | RMC Summer pit, Yateley | Surrey | 4 years | [17][159][100] |
4 lb 11 oz | Mr. H.C.Hinson | 25 September 1938 | Broadwater Lake, Godalming | Surrey | 62 years | [160][62] Note 2 * |
 | Dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) | 1 lb 4 oz 2 dr | Jack L Gasson | 1960 | Little Ouse near Thetford | Norfolk | 42 years | [67][103][100][110] |
1 lb 8 oz 5 dr * | R.W.Humphrey | 1932 | Hampshire Avon | Dorset | 28 years | [17][113][115][161] Note 2 * |
1 lb 6 oz 8 dr | S.Corley | 1910 | River Gade, Watford | Hertfordshire | 22 years | [115] |
1 lb 6 oz (equalled) | Mr. Hullet | 1907 | Millstream, Sopley, Christchurch | Dorset | 3 years | [115] |
1 lb 6 oz | R.Robinson | 1905 | River Beane, Hertford | Hertfordshire | 5 years | [115] |
1 lb 4 oz | A.R.Matthews | 1899 | River Beane | Hertfordshire | 6 years | [115][161] |
1 lb 3 oz 8 dr | E. Steinhart | 1889 | River Beane | Hertfordshire | 10 years | [161] |
 | Eel (Anguilla anguilla) Note 3. | 11 lb 2 oz | Steve Terry | 24 June 1978 | Kingfisher Lake, Ringwood | Hampshire | 46 years | [15][2][51][162] |
8 lb 10 oz | Alan Dart | 1969 | Hunstrete Lake, Hunstrete | Somerset | 9 years | [94][163][63] |
8 lb 8 oz | Mr Ward | 1948 | Fritton Decoy, Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | 21 years (shared) | [67][163] |
8 lb 8 oz | C Mitchell | 1922 | Bitterwell Lake, Coalpit Heath, Bristol | Somerset | 47 years | [62][67][113][163] |
 | Ghost koi carp (Cyprinus carpio spiritus) | 47 lb 12 oz | Steve Lockwood | 1 October 2014 | D lake, Nunnery lakes, Thetford | Norfolk | 3 years | [164] * Note 8 |
45 lb 8 oz | Richard Freeman | 2006 | River Trent | Nottinghamshire | 8 years | [8] * Note 8 |
 | Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) | 53 lb 12 oz | David Beagley | 23 August 2018 | Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley | Surrey | 5 years | [165][166] * Note 8 |
52 lb 10 oz | Martin Bowler | 2 July 2016 | Little Moulsham Lake, Yateley | Surrey | 2 years | [167] * Note 8 |
52 lb 8 oz | Eddie Lancaster | 3 August 2012 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 4 years | [168] * Note 8 |
46 lb | Ollie Gurr | 3 August 2011 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 1 year | [168] * Note 8 |
44 lb 8 oz | Philip Kingsbury | 2006 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 5 years | [2] |
39 lb 2 oz | Kevin Ballard | 19 June 2002 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 4 years | [15][38][169][170] |
36 lb 8 oz | Colin Nash | 10 June 2001 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 1 year | [17][170][100] |
33 lb 12 oz | Simon Lavin | 1999 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | [171] |
31 lb | Del Smith | 1997 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | [170] |
28 lb 12 oz 8 dr | S Dolman | 1995 | Horton Church Lake, Horton | Berkshire | 2 years | [110] |
25 lb 4 oz | D Buck | 1993 | Honeycroft fisheries Tonbridge | Kent | 2 years | [170][110] |
9 lb 12 oz | G.W Gwilt | 1983 | Llyn Trawsfynydd, Trawsfynydd | Gwynedd, Wales | 10 years | [51][121] |
 | Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) | 4 lb 4 oz 8 dr | Paul Mildren | 2009 | River Frome, Dorchester | Dorset | 10 years | [47][172] |
4 lb 3 oz *(equalled) | M Loughton | 1993 | River Frome | Dorset | 16 years | [172] |
4 lb 3 oz | S. R. Lanigan | 1989 | River Frome | Dorset | 20 years | [15][32][17] |
3 lb 12 oz | M.T Hooper | 1988 | River Frome, Loudsmill, Dorchester | Dorset | 1 year | [61] |
3 lb 10 oz | I White | 1983 | River Allen (Dorset), Wimborne Minster | Dorset | 5 years | [121] |
2 lb 13 oz | P.B Goldsmith | 1981 | River Test, Romsey | Hampshire | 2 years | [126] |
2 lb 12 oz | B Wade | 14 January 1936 | Throop Fishery, River Stour | Dorset | 45 years | [173] |
 | Gudgeon (Gobio gobio) | 4 oz 4 dr | M Bowen | 1977 | Ebbe Vale Pond, Ebbw Vale | Blaenau Gwent, Wales | 13 years | [51][111] |
4 oz | M Morris | 1971 | Susworth Roach Ponds Susworth | Lincolnshire | 6 years | [95] |
4 oz 4 dr *(equalled) | J.D Lewtin | 1950 | River Soar | Leicestershire | 21 years | [62][113] Note 2 * |
4 oz 4 dr * (equalled) | W.R Bostock | 1935 | Hoggs Pond, Shipley | Derbyshire | 36 years | [62][113] Note 2 * |
4 oz 4 dr * | G.Cedrick | 1933 | River Thames, Datchet | Berkshire | 38 years | [62][113] Note 2 * |
 | Ide (natural) (Leuciscus idus) | 7 lb 6 oz | Ian Green | 4 August 2017 | River Trent | Nottinghamshire | 4 years | [174] * Note 8 |
6 lb 10 oz | Colin Hebb | 11 July 2017 | River Hull | Yorkshire | Less than one month | [175][176] * Note 8 |
6 lb 3 oz | Colin Hebb | 1 March 2016 | River Hull | Yorkshire | 1 year | [177] * Note 8 |
 | Mullet (thin-lipped grey) (Liza ramada) | 7 lb 0 oz 3 dr | Steve Maliska | 22 May 2012 | Truro River, Malpas | Cornwall | Less than 1 year | [178] |
7 lb | N Mableson | 1991 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 21 years | [17] |
6 lb 4 oz | H Mepham | 1981 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 10 years | [126] |
5 lb 11 oz | D Knowles | 1975 | River Rother (East Sussex) | East Sussex | 6 years | [92] |
 | Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus) | 13 dr (23 grams) | R Merrifield | 1981 | River Calder (Lancashire) | Lancashire | 17 years | [126] |
11 dr (19.5 grams) | I.S Colinge | 1979 | River Calder (Lancashire) | Lancashire | 2 years | [55] |
9 dr (16 grams) | R Guy | 1978 | River Rother (West Sussex), Midhurst | West Sussex | 1 year | [111] |
 | Orfe / ide (Leuciscus idus) | 8 lb 4 oz | Norman Agnew | April 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | Less than 1 year | [179] * Note 8 |
8 lb 1 oz | Kev Shore | March 2000 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | Less than 1 year | [179] * Note 8 |
7 lb 14 oz 8 dr | Mick Pardoe | 1998 | Lymm vale | Cheshire | 2 years | [54][67] |
7 lb 7 oz | D Smith | 1995 | Horton Pool, Horton | Berkshire | 3 years | [110] |
4 lb 12 oz | J Moran | 1986 | Burton Towers, Rossett, Wrexham | Denbighshire, Clwyd, Wales | 9 years | [61] |
4 lb 3 oz 8 dr | D.R Charles | 1983 | River Kennet | Berkshire | 3 years | [121] |
4 lb 3 oz | Brian Mills | 1976 | River Test | Hampshire | 7 years | [92] |
3 lb 14 oz 8 dr | D Stephens | 1973 | Winford Brook, Chew Magna | Somerset | 3 years | [180] |
3 lb 2 oz 7 dr | Bill Penny | 21 July 1937 | Virginia Water Lake, Windsor Great Park, Borough of Runnymede | Surrey | 36 years | [181] |
 | Perch (Perca fluviatilis) | 5 lb 15 oz | Les Brown | 17 February 2006 | Stream Valley Lakes, Crowborough | East Sussex | 5 years | [24][57] |
5 lb 9 oz 8 dr | Dean Rawlings | 28 March 2002 | Glebe Lakes, Fringford | Oxfordshire | 4 years | [15][24][38][17] |
5 lb 9 oz | John Shayler | 6 March 1985 | Furnace Pond, Horsmonden | Kent | 17 years | [24][91][100][68] |
4 lb 14 oz 12 dr | Mrs Ethel Owen | 1984 | Kings Lake, Romsey | Hampshire | 1 year | [121] |
4 lb 12 oz | Sid Baker | 1962 | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | Suffolk | 22 years | [95][182][63] |
4 lb 2 oz 8 dr | G Butler | 14 November 1932 | Hobhole Drain, Witham Navigable Drains | Lincolnshire | 30 years | [183] |
 | Pike (Esox lucius) | 46 lb 13 oz | Roy Lewis | October 1992 | Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 32 years | [15][184][185][17] |
45 lb 6 oz | Gareth Edwards | March 1990 | Llandegfedd Reservoir, Llandegveth | Monmouthshire, Wales | 2 years | [185] |
44 lb 14 oz | M.Linton | 4 January 1987 | Ardleigh Reservoir, Ardleigh near Colchester | Essex | 3 years | [51][185] |
42 lb 2 oz | Derek Amies | August 1985 | River Thurne, near Potter Heigham | Norfolk | 2 years | [185][91][68] |
41 lb 6 oz | N.Fickling | February 1985 | River Thurne, near Potter Heigham | Norfolk | Less than 1 year | [185][91] |
40 lb 4 oz | K.Vogel | 1972 | Loch Ken | Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | 15 years | [185] |
40 lb | P.Hancock | February 1967 | Horsey Mere, Horsey | Norfolk | 5 years | [185][122] |
47 lb 11 oz * | Tommy Morgan | July 1945 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 22 years | [3][62] Note 2 * |
39 lb 7 oz | G.F Parrott | March 1909 | Dorset Stour | Dorset | 58 years | [122] |
37 lb | Alex Jardine | 1879 | Shardeloes Lake, Amersham | Buckinghamshire | 30 years | [186] |
36 lb | G.Forbes | 1875 | Luton Hoo, Luton | Bedfordshire | 4 years (joint) | [122] |
36 lb | G.Keen | March 1874 | Rapley Lake, Bagshot | Berkshire | 5 years | [122] |
 | Powan (Coregonus clupeoides) Note 3  | 1 lb 7 oz | J.M Ryder | 1972 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 34 years | [51][92] |
1 lb 5 oz 12 dr | D.J Warren | 1970 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 2 years | [95] |
11 oz 12 dr | F. Buller | 1968 | Loch Lomond | Dumbartonshire, Scotland | 2 years | [63] |
 | Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) | 5 oz | Duncan Charman | 21 May 2003 | Sway Lakes, Sway | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | [67][87] |
4 oz 9 dr | Daniel L Wallace | 28 June 1987 | Whessoe Pond, Darlington | Co.Durham | 16 years | [51][87][103][17] |
2 oz 10 dr | A Baverstock | 1977 | GLC Highgate pond, Hampstead Heath | London | 10 years | [111] |
 | Roach (Rutilus rutilus) | 4 lb 3 oz | Ray Clarke | 27 October 1990 | Dorset Stour, Corfe Mullen | Dorset | 16 years | [15][17][187][188][189] |
4 lb 1 oz | R G Jones | 16 June 1975 | Colwick Country Park, Colwick | Nottinghamshire | 15 years | [51][190][68] |
3 lb 13 oz | Bill Penny | 6 September 1938 | Lambeth reservoir, Molesey | Surrey | 37 years | [67][113][115][63] |
3 lb 10 oz | Wilfred Cutting | 5 August 1917 | Hornsea Mere, Beverley | East Yorkshire | 21 years | [113][115][141] |
 | Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) | 4 lb 10 oz | D Webb | 28 Sept 1986 | Pitsford Reservoir, Pitsford | Northamptonshire | 15 years | [51] |
4 lb 8 oz | Reverend Edward C Alston | 1933 | Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford | Norfolk | 53 years | [54][94][113][141][63] |
 | Ruffe (pope) (Gymnocephalus cernua) | 5 oz | P Barrowcliffe | 1977 | River Bure | Norfolk | 3 years | [111] |
4 oz | B.B Poynor | 1969 | River Stour | Warwickshire | 8 years | [95] |
3 oz 9 dr | A Cartwright | 1963 | River Mease | Border of Leicestershire and Staffordshire | 6 years | [62] |
 | Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar) | 61 lb 8 oz | Mr T Stewart | October 1907 | River Tay | Perthshire, Scotland | 15 years | [115] |
61 lb | Mr J Haggart | 1870 | River Tay | Perthshire, Scotland | 37 years | [115] |
 | European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) Note 3. | 66 lb | Lewis Gibson | May 1867 | River Thames, Putney | London | 65 years | [191] |
 | Schelly (skelly) (Coregonus stigmaticus) Note 3  | 1 lb 10 oz | W Wainwright | 1976 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 10 years | [92] |
1 lb 7 oz 8 dr | Geoff Byrne | 1973 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 3 years | [180] |
1 lb 5 oz 10 dr | S.A Smith | 1972 | Ullswater | Cumbria | 1 year | [94] |
1 lb 1 oz | P.F White | 1969 | River Eden | Cumberland | 3 years | [95] |
 | Stickleback (3-spined) (Gasterosteus aculeatus) | 4 dr (7 grams) | Dennis Flack | 1998 | High Flyer Lake, Ely | Cambridgeshire | 20 years | [15][17][49]* Note 10 |
3 dr | M. Drinkwater | 1995 | River Calder, Brighouse | West Yorkshire | 3 years | [110] |
 | Tench (Tinca tinca) | 14 lb 7 oz | Gordon Beavan | Sept 1993 | Bury Lake, Rickmansworth | Hertfordshire | 8 years | [67][100] |
14 lb 3 oz | Phil Gooriah | 20 August 1987 | Wraysbury 1 Lake, Wraysbury | Berkshire | 6 years | [51][36][192] |
12 lb 8 oz 11 dr | Alan Wilson | 1985 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 2 years | [97][193] |
10 lb 1 oz 4 dr | Tony Chester | 1981 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 4 years | [97] |
10 lb 1 oz 2 dr | Lewis Brown | 1975 | Peterborough brick pits | Cambridgeshire | 6 years | [97] |
9 lb 1 oz | John Salisbury | 1963 | Eggetts Lake, Hemingford Grey | Cambridgeshire | 12 years | [62][94][97][113][63] |
8 lb 8 oz | Maurice Foode | 1950 | Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal | Leicestershire | 13 years | [97][113] |
7 lb (equalled) | Reverend Edward C Alston | July 1933 | Ring Mere, Wretham near Thetford | Norfolk | 13 years | [115][194] |
7 lb | Mr Stacey | 1882 | Pottery Pits, Weston-super-Mare | Somerset | 68 years | [115] |
 | Trout, brook (Salvelinus fontinalis) | 6 lb | D Caisley | 1996 | Fontburn Reservoir | Northumberland | 2 years | [110] |
5 lb 13 oz 8 dr | Alan Pearson | 13 August 1981 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than a year | [51][121] |
5 lb 6 oz | Alan Pearson | 1979 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 2 years | [55] |
4 lb 15 oz | Stephen Bedford | 18 June 1923 | Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley, | Somerset | 56 years | [195][196] * Note 8 |
 | Trout, brown (Salmo trutta) | 30 lb 8 oz | Ken Oliver | 20 July 2000 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 2 years | [197] |
25 lb 5 oz 12 dr | Andrew Finlay | 1996 | Loch Awe, Ardbrecknish | Argyll, Scotland | 4 years | [198][199][110] |
19 lb 9 oz 4 dr | J.A.F Jackson | 1978 | Loch Quoish, Inverness-shire | Scottish Highlands, Scotland | 18 years | [51][111] |
19 lb 4 oz 8 dr | Tommy Chartres | 1974 | Lower Lough Erne, Enniskillen | Fermanagh, Northern Ireland | 4 years | [200] |
18 lb 2 oz | K.J Grant | 1965 | Loch Garry, Fort William | Perthshire, Scotland | 9 years | [95][63] |
12 lb 12 oz | Reverend S.E.V Filleul | 11 Sept 1907 | River Frome, Dorchester | Dorset | 58 years | [201][202] |
7 lb 4 oz | W. Knight | 5 May 1900 | River Thames, Caversham Lock Caversham | Berkshire | 7 years | [203] |
 | Trout, rainbow (Onchorhynchus mykiss) | 33 lb 4 oz | J Lawson | 2003 | Watercress Trout Fishery, Chudleigh | Devon | 13 years | [15][32] |
30 lb 12 oz | Tony Flower | July 1994 | Osprey lake, Tavistock Trout Fishery, Tavistock | Devon | 9 years | [204] |
24 lb 2 oz 13 dr | J Moore | 1990 | Penine Trout Fishery, Littleborough | Lancashire | 4 years | [110] |
21 lb 4 oz 4 dr | D Graham | April 1986 | Loch Awe | Argyll, Scotland | 4 years | [51][91] |
20 lb 7 oz | Peter Cockwill | April 1986 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | less than 1 month | [91] |
19 lb 8 oz | Alan Pearson | 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 9 years | [186] |
19 lb 2 oz | Roy Hopkins | April 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | [205] |
18 lb 7 oz | Alan Pearson | April 1977 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | Less than 1 year | [205] |
18 lb | Alan Pearson | 1976 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 1 year | [92] |
18 lb 4 oz | Richard Walker | April 1976 | Avington Trout Fishery, Avington | Hampshire | 1 year | [206] * Note 8 |
13 lb 2 oz | Doctor W Drummond | 1974 | Hampshire Avon, Downton | Wiltshire | 2 years | [200] |
8 lb 8 oz | Colonel Creagh Scott | 1924 | Blagdon Lake, Blagdon, Chew Valley, | Somerset | 50 years | [195][207][63] |
5 lb 12 oz | Ernest S Halfold | 1923 | River Test, Newton Stacey, Test Valley, | Hampshire | 1 year | [208] |
4 lb | K M Bignall | 8 October 1908 | Frog Hollow Lake, Belvoir Castle Estate, | Leicestershire | 15 years | [209] |
 | Trout, sea (Salmo trutta) | 22 lb 8 oz (equalled) | Mr. S Burgoyne | 22 July 1989 | River Leven | Dunbartonshire, Scotland | 3 years | [210][110] |
22 lb 8 oz | S.R Dwight | 1946 | River Frome, Bindon | Dorset | 46 years | [113][211] * Note 8 |
 | Wels catfish (Silurus glanis) | 143 lb | Darren Reitz | 29 April 2024 | Chigborough Fisheries, Maldon | Essex | 6 months | (record as recognised by the BRFC)[212] |
147 lb | Paul Fyson | 7 June 2020 | Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster | Essex | 4 years | [213] * Note 8 |
145 lb | Matthew Smith | 24 January 2019 | Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster | Essex | 1 year | [214] * Note 8 |
144 lb | James Jones | 30 July 2012 | Oak Lakes Fisheries, Southminster | Essex | 7 years | [215][216][217]* Note 8 |
130 lb | Chris Wade | June 2005 | Witch Leisure lake, Hockwold cum Wilton, Thetford | Norfolk | 7 years | [218] * Note 8 |
87 lb | Allan Jackson | June 2000 | Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey | Lincolnshire | 6 years | [219] * Note 8 |
86 lb 8 oz | Brian Close | May 2000 | Willow Bank Fisheries, Kirton in Lindsey | Lincolnshire | Less than 1 year | [219] * Note 8 |
62 lb | Rich Garner | June 1997 | Withy pool, Henlow | Bedfordshire | 3 years | [15][17][100]* Note 10 |
57 lb 4 oz | R Coote | 1995 | Withy Pool, Henlow | Bedfordshire | 2 years | [220] |
49 lb 12 oz | Steven Pointz | 1993 | Homersfield Lake, Homersfield | Suffolk | 2 years | [221] |
43 lb 8 oz | Richard Bray | 1970 | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring Reservoirs | Hertfordshire | 23 years | [93][222][223][68][221] |
33 lb 12 oz | Reg Hutt | 1961 | Claydon Middle lake, Steeple Claydon | Buckinghamshire | 9 years | [223] |
 | Zander (Sander lucioperca) | 21 lb 5 oz | James Benfield | 24 June 2007 | Upper Lode Lock, River Severn, near Tewkesbury | Gloucestershire | 3 years | [2][224][225][16]* Note 10 |
19 lb 5 oz 8 dr | Dave Lavender | March 1998 | Middle Level Fenland drain | Cambridgeshire | 9 years | [15][54][103][226][227][100][17] |
18 lb 10 oz | Ray Armstrong | March 1993 | River Severn | Worcestershire | 5 years | [226][227][110] |
18 lb 8 oz | Bob Meadows | March 1988 | Roswell Pits, Ely | Cambridgeshire | 5 years | [226][227] |
17 lb 12 oz | Dave Litton | October 1977 | (GORC) | Buckinghamshire | 10 years | [226][227] |
15 lb 5 oz | Bill Chillingworth | 1971 | (GORC) | Buckinghamshire | 6 years | [95] |
12 lb 13 oz | Neville Fickling | 1971 | (GORC), Stowe | Buckinghamshire | Less than a year | [228] |
12 lb 6 oz 8 dr | Neville Fickling | 1971 | Great Ouse Relief Channel (GORC), Stowe | Buckinghamshire | Less than a year | [229] |